Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a focus of visceral leishmaniasis in White Nile, Sudan

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 470-475

  Widaa, Sally Osman ^a,b   Ahmed, Khalid Awadelkarim ^a   Bari, Amel Ahmed Elsheikh ^a   Ali, Mayada Mohmmedelhassan ^a   Ibrahim, Mihad Abdelaal ^a   Bashir, Mohammed Ahmed ^a   Mastour, Ahmed Hamid Awadelkarim ^c   Yagi, Zakkiah Algali ^d   Hassan, Mo'awia Mukhtar ^a  

^a TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^c White Nile State Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^d FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Phlebotomus orientalis; Sudan; VL; White Nile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHODIDAE; SEASON; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHODIDAE; SEASONS; SUDAN;

DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS BERGEROTI; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PHLEBOTOMUS ORIENTALIS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SAEVUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA;

EID: 84862280283     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000400005     Document Type: Article

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